This Legendary Country Music Star Is Helping Our Nation’s Veterans In A Big Way

Country music star and actor Tim McGraw is giving away mortgage-free homes to veterans at every stop of his 2015 Shotgun Rider tour.

The singer has already given away 6 homes on the 36 stop tour, with 30 more to go by the time it ends on October 4 in Las Vegas.

McGraw has teamed up with Operation Homefront and Chase Bank in the drive to help veterans transition to civilian life. Since partnering with the two organizations in 2012, together they have given away over 100 homes according to a statement on the singer’s website.

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“For [veterans] to be able to come back and have that same sort of security for their little girls and their little boys and their wives, and to be able to have a home that is secure and safe is something that really hit home for me,” McGraw said. “It’s an amazing feeling to see them receive something they so deeply deserve — and to be able to share that experience with thousands of fans each night makes me proud to be a part of this program.”

“[These are] people who have given us security for a lot of years, and we’re able to do that back for them a little bit in a small way,” he added.

McGraw feels a “personal connection” to veterans because of his sister, who fought in the First Gulf War, and other friends and family that fuels his desire to help out. Nevertheless, he notes: “I don’t think you can live in this country and not have some sort of personal connection with people who put their lives on the line.”

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Brig Gen (ret) John I. Pray, Jr., president and CEO of Operation Homefront, said: “Tim’s deep, personal commitment to honor those who work tirelessly to protect the freedoms we enjoy daily reflects his clear appreciation for what our military members and their families do for all of us.”

“Everyone who is part of this program is working toward one goal – ensuring a bright and successful future for veterans and their families,” noted Ross Brown, director of Military and Veterans Affairs at Chase Bank.

Matthew Dowling, a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, is one who has benefited from the program. “Operation Homefront came through and provided a home for me and my family,” he says in a video posted last month to McGraw’s YouTube channel. “And as a father, as a husband, that lifted a weight, a stress, a burden that I wasn’t quite sure if I was going to be able to figure out how to accomplish.”